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Crisis in Ukraine
by Stephen Lendman
Crisis conditions in Ukraine are potentially the most dangerous since Nazism's scourge terrorized Europe.
Washington bears full responsibility. European partners share it. Obama claimed another imperial trophy. Whether he'll keep it is another matter entirely.
Vladimir Putin supports resolving conflict conditions responsibly. Western officials irresponsibly criticize him. Media scoundrels bash him mercilessly.
He's the only world leader challenging US imperial lawlessness responsibly. He deserves worldwide support.
At a March 4 news conference, he said Moscow supports peace, not war. He'll deploy troops only to protect Russian nationals.
Ukraine's legitimate President Viktor Yanukovych requested he do so. He asked him to help restore law and order.
Media Scoundrels on the Wrong Side of History
by Stephen Lendman
Famed journalist George Seldes (1890 - 1995) called them "prostitutes of the press." Paul Craig Roberts calls them "presstitutes."
They're that and much more. They're propagandists, not journalists. They're charlatans. They're scam artists. They're blackguards.
They're scoundrels in the worst sense of the term. They make street whores look respectable by comparison.
They're paid to lie, distort, misinform, and blame imperial victims for horrendous crimes committed against them.
They support powerful monied interests. They ignore popular ones. They march in lockstep with imperial lawlessness.
AJ Liebling (1904 - 1963) once said: "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."
He added: "People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news."
Western television is worst of all. It's a wasteland. Educator/media critic Neil Postman (1931 - 2003) called Americans "the most entertained and least informed people in the world."
In Birzeit, ‘Trigger Happy’ Israel Vindicates Amnesty’s Report
By Nicola Nasser*
“The elite police unit had shot Washaha at point-blank range dozens of times,
according to the pieces of brain that covered the room, not to mention his
legs, arms and fingers that were nearly severed from his body,”
In the Palestinian West Bank town of Birzeit early last February 27, the Israeli (IDF) Occupation Forces (IOF) acted determinedly, under the media spotlights, to feed Amnesty International with a show case study to vindicate the report it released only hours earlier, entitled “Trigger-happy: Israel’s use of excessive force in the West Bank,” and to refute the Israeli official diplomatic denial of the contents thereof. Under the command of Col. Yossi Pinto, a Nahal infantry force of the Binyamin Territorial Brigade, joined by the Border Police’s elite Counterterrorism Unit, Yamam, according to Israeli The Jerusalem Post on the same day and “200 Israeli soldiers, dozens of jeeps, two (military) bulldozers and many Shin Bet [internal security] officers” according to Amira Hass of Haaretz on this March 3, including some 28 – more than thirty army patrol armored vehicles according to the count of Arab natives of Birzeit who spoke to this writer, were amassed in this Birzeit University town, raising a hell of explosives and gunfire and disrupting its peaceful countryside early spring morning.
"Fair Harvard" Lacks Fairness
by Stephen Lendman
"Fair Harvard" is the university's alma matter. Reverend Samuel Gilman (class of 1811) wrote it. He did so for Harvard's 200th anniversary.
It's sung to a traditional Irish air. Alumni recall it well. Little about today's Harvard is fair. Glorifying what demands condemnation deserves shame.
"VERITAS (truth)" is Harvard's motto. It appears on its Seal. It's on student rings. On geopolitical issues mattering most, it's nowhere in sight.
On March 4, The Harvard Crimson student newspaper headlined "Harvard Faculty, Researchers Voice Concerns about Ukrainian Crisis," saying:
"...Harvard affiliates have voiced concern over what one professor called Russia's 'naked aggression…"
East/West Confrontation Looms
by Stephen Lendman
Ousting Ukraine's democratically government was planned long before violence erupted last November. Obama's dirty hands bear full responsibility.
The damn fool in the White House targeted four countries at the same time for regime change.
Libya was ravaged and destroyed. Gaddafi's murder followed. Syria was targeted at the same time.
Imported death squads are involved. Dozens die daily. No end of conflict looms. Obama manipulated so-called peace talks to fail. Direct US intervention looks likely.
Venezuelan violence continues. Obama wants Bolivarian fairness crushed. He wants neoliberal harshness replacing it. He's got other targets in mind.
Plundering Ukraine is planned. Conditions remain incendiary. The damn fool in the White House may have bitten off more than he can chew.
Scoundrel Media War on Russia
by Stephen Lendman
Scoundrel media editors find new ways to embarrass themselves. They mock legitimate news and opinion.
They suppress it. They violate fundamental journalistic standards doing so.
They suck up to power. They support monied interests. They deplore popular ones. They endorse Western aggression. They do it repeatedly.
They blame victims for horrific US crimes committed against them. They condemn Putin for responsibly defending the safety and security of endangered Russian nationals.
Thank heavens he's around. He's the one world leader challenging the damn fool in the White House responsibly.
He's our best hope for world peace. He deserves worldwide support. His best efforts may not be enough
Neocons infest Washington. They threaten everyone. The damn fool in the White House risks starting WW III. His damn fool Secretary of State John Kerry said "we're now discussing all of the options."
The Stone that Brings Down Goliath? Richmond and Eminent Domain
by Ellen Brown
In a nearly $13 billion settlement with the US Justice Department in November 2013, JPMorganChase admitted that it, along with every other large US bank, had engaged in mortgage fraud as a routine business practice, sowing the seeds of the mortgage meltdown. JPMorgan and other megabanks have now been caught in over a dozen major frauds, including LIBOR-rigging and bid-rigging; yet no prominent banker has gone to jail. Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of all mortgages nationally remain underwater (meaning the balance owed exceeds the current value of the home), sapping homeowners’ budgets, the housing market and the economy. Since the banks, the courts and the federal government have failed to give adequate relief to homeowners, some cities are taking matters into their own hands.
The Damn Fool in the White House
by Stephen Lendman
Geopolitical conditions today are incendiary. Obama's war on Syria rages. No end in sight looms.
Washington manipulated peace talks to fail. Odds favor full scale US intervention. Doing so risks regional war.
In late February, Israel bombed Hezbollah targets. It did so along Lebanon's border with Syria.
Hezbollah vowed to respond "at the appropriate time." It justifiably denounced "blatant" Israeli "aggression."
Washington and Israel partner in regional adventurism. Do Obama and Netanyahu want war on Lebanon? Are they planning regional conflict?
Will Iran be targeted? Will US-orchestrated Venezuelan violence continue? Will other nations be targeted for regime change?
The damn fool in the White House risks global war. Ukraine is a major flashpoint. Conditions today are the most dangerous since the 1962 missiles of October crisis.
Ukrainian Neo-Nazis Mobilize for War
by Stephen Lendman
When inmates run the asylum, anything is possible. Chaos is likely.
Obama's Ukrainian allies include a rogue's gallery of societal misfits. They're militant fascists. They're thugs. They're criminals.
They're illegitimate putschists. They're hate-mongering anti-Semites. Combined they represent mob rule.
They make mafia bosses look saintly by comparison. They threaten world peace. They vowed to fight.
Illegitimate prime minister/Washington favorite Arseny Yatseniuk said "(m)ilitary intervention would be the beginning of war and the end of any relations between Ukraine and Russia."
Illegitimate president Olexander Turchynov ordered Ukrainian military forces mobilized. Reserve forces were activated.
Israel Accused of War Crimes in West Bank
by Stephen Lendman
Amnesty International's (AI) new report is blunt. It's titled "Trigger-Happy: Israel's Use of Excessive Force in the West Bank." It begins saying:
"Out of nowhere many soldiers jumped out and ambushed Samir. They shot him first in the leg, yet he managed to run away towards the village."
"But how far can an injured child run? Twenty, maybe 30, metres? They could have easily arrested him, especially when he was injured, but instead they shot him in the back with live ammunition."
"To me, this is premeditated murder." Killing 16-year old Samir was no isolated incident. Israel's entire history is blood-drenched.
It includes multiple crimes of war, against humanity and genocide. It's been ongoing since 1948. It shows no signs of ending. Israeli viciousness knows no limits.
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